Examples:
Appendix C: Advanced Materials Cluster
Appendix E: Economic Performance Types
Maps
These maps were part of the report, Unlocking Rural Competitiveness: The Role of Regional Cluster, published in January 2007.
Series A
Note: In Series A, the employment and establishment symbols in the economic growth region maps of Indiana are placed randomly within the region or county; they are not actual locations of industries or businesses.
indiana's Geographic Distribution of Clusters, 2004
- Industry Cluster Employment by Indiana Economic Growth Regions
- Industry Cluster Establishments by Indiana Economic Growth Regions
- Industry Cluster Employment by County in Economic Growth Region 8
- Industry Cluster Establishments by County in Economic Growth Region 8
- Businesses with More than $1 Million Sales by County in Economic Growth Region 8
- Note: the symbols showing businesses with $1 million or more sales in Economic Growth Region 8 are actual locations based on street addresses
Series B
Rurality
Series C
Note: In Series C and D, points are placed randomly within the counties in employment and establishment point-pattern cluster maps of U.S. counties; they do not represent the actual location of an industry or a business. The distribution patterns are best understood at the state or higher levels of geography.
Geographic Distribution of Establishments by U.S. County, 2004
- Advanced Materials Cluster
- Agribusiness, Food Processing and Technology Cluster
- Apparel and Textiles Cluster
- Arts, Entertainment, Recreation and Visitor Industries Cluster
- Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences) Cluster
- Business and Financial Services Cluster
- Chemicals and Chemical-Based Products Cluster
- Defense and Security Cluster
- Education and Knowledge Creation Cluster
- Energy (Fossil and Renewable) Cluster
- Forest and Wood Products Cluster
- Glass and Ceramics Cluster
- Information Technology and Telecommunications Cluster
- Manufacturing Supercluster (6 Subclusters)
- Mining Cluster
- Printing and Publishing Cluster
- Transportation and Logistics Cluster
Series D
Note: In Series C and D, points are placed randomly within the counties in employment and establishment point-pattern cluster maps of U.S. counties; they do not represent the actual location of an industry or a business. The distribution patterns are best understood at the state or higher levels of geography.
Geographic Distribution of Employment by U.S. County, 2004
- Advanced Materials Cluster
- Agribusiness, Food Processing and Technology Cluster
- Apparel and Textiles Cluster
- Arts, Entertainment, Recreation and Visitor Industries Cluster
- Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences) Cluster
- Business and Financial Services Cluster
- Chemicals and Chemical-Based Products Cluster
- Defense and Security Cluster
- Education and Knowledge Creation Cluster
- Energy (Fossil and Renewable) Cluster
- Forest and Wood Products Cluster
- Glass and Ceramics Cluster
- Information Technology and Telecommunications Cluster
- Manufacturing Supercluster (6 Subclusters)
- Mining Cluster
- Printing and Publishing Cluster
- Transportation and Logistics Cluster
Series E
Note: In Series E, the symbols showing counties specialized in clusters are locations of geographic centroids of those counties. Counties with a location quotient of 1.2 or more are categorized as specialized locations for clusters.
Location Quotients
- Advanced Materials Cluster & Agribusiness, Food Processing and Technology Cluster
- Apparel and Textiles Cluster & Arts, Entertainment, Recreation and Visitor Industries Cluster
- Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences) Cluster & Business and Financial Services Cluster
- Chemicals and Chemical-Based Products Cluster & Defense and Security Cluster
- Education and Knowledge Creation Cluster & Energy (Fossil and Renewable) Cluster
- Forest and Wood Products Cluster & Glass and Ceramics Cluster
- Information Technology and Telecommunications Cluster & Manufacturing Supercluster
- Mining Cluster & Printing and Publishing Cluster
- Transportation and Logistics Cluster